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So You Want to be a Doctor?: The Ultimate Guide to Getting into Medical School [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x170x15 mm, weight: 523 g, black and white photos and line drawings
  • Serija: Success in Medicine
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Dec-2010
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199573328
  • ISBN-13: 9780199573325
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x170x15 mm, weight: 523 g, black and white photos and line drawings
  • Serija: Success in Medicine
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Dec-2010
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199573328
  • ISBN-13: 9780199573325
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
More people are applying to medical school than ever before, and 'So you want to be a doctor?' will give you the best head start. It distils the wisdom of over 100 medical students, admissions specialists and doctors, revealing the truth about the application process.

This comprehensive guide leads the reader through every stage of the process, from deciding if you want to be a doctor, through to moving to university and coping with the first year at medical school. With a detailed profile for every undergraduate and graduate medical school in the UK, it will help students to choose the best medical school for them. It will also help with the other big decisions that need to be made, such as which A-level subjects to take and whether to apply to Oxbridge. All the essential information is covered, including:

DT how much medical school costs
DT what work experience is best, and how to get it
DT completing the UCAS form
DT surviving the UKCAT and BMAT admission tests
DT getting through the interview

Written by an author team of 2 current medical students and a practising Doctor, the book also contains first-hand accounts of students' personal experiences, and advice and information from people on the inside of the admissions process.

Daugiau informacijos

Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Basis of Medicine Category 2011.Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine Category, BMA Medical Book Awards 2011
Becoming a doctor xvi
1 Making the decision
2(16)
Do you want to be a doctor?
4(2)
Deciding to be a doctor
6(2)
Training to be a doctor
8(2)
Being a doctor
10(3)
Types of doctor
13(2)
The cost of medical school
15(3)
2 Succeeding at A-level
18(12)
Choosing subjects
20(2)
Succeeding throughout the year
22(2)
Preparing for exams
24(2)
Private tuition
26(2)
Exams
28(2)
3 Taking a gap year
30(10)
Should you take a gap year?
32(2)
Where to go
34(2)
What to do
36(2)
How to find out more
38(2)
4 Getting a life
40(8)
Why do extracurricular activities?
42(2)
What can you do?
44(2)
A few examples
46(2)
5 Work experience
48(18)
Work experience
50(2)
Arranging work experience
52(2)
Preparing for work experience
54(2)
Making the most of shadowing
56(2)
Volunteering
58(2)
Employment
60(2)
Research experience
62(2)
If all else fails...
64(2)
6 Preparing for admission tests
66(14)
The use of admission tests
68(2)
Preparing and taking the tests
70(2)
Admission test strategy
72(4)
The UKCAT
76(2)
The BMAT
78(2)
7 Choosing a medical school
80(20)
The medical school
82(2)
Types of course
84(1)
Types of university
85(1)
Summary of medical schools
86(1)
Competitiveness of medical schools
87(1)
The applicant
88(2)
A guide to decide
90(3)
League tables
93(4)
Performance after medical school
97(1)
How to find out more
98(2)
8 Undergraduate medical schools
100(76)
England
Birmingham
106(3)
Brighton and Sussex
109(1)
Bristol
110(2)
Cambridge
112(2)
Durham
114(32)
Hull and York
146
Keele
118(2)
Leeds
120(2)
Leicester
122(2)
Liverpool
124(2)
London - Barts and the London
126(2)
London - Imperial College
128(2)
London - King's College
130(2)
London - St George's
132(2)
London - University College (UCL)
134(2)
Manchester
136(2)
Newcastle
138(2)
Nottingham
140(2)
Oxford
142(2)
Peninsula
144(2)
Sheffield
146(2)
Southampton
148(2)
Univefrsity of East Anglia (UEA)
150(4)
Northern Ireland
Queen's, Belfast
154(4)
Scotland
Aberdeen
158(2)
Dundee
160(2)
Edinburgh
162(2)
Glasgow
164(2)
St Andrews
166(4)
Wales
Cardiff
170(4)
Overseas
Charles University, Prague
174(2)
9 Perfecting the UCAS form
176(16)
The UCAS application form
178(2)
Your school reference
180(2)
The personal statement
182(2)
What to include
184(2)
What to avoid
186(2)
Finishing the statement
188(2)
Personal statements
190(2)
10 Getting into Oxbridge
192(14)
Oxbridge demystified
194(2)
The Oxbridge experience
196(2)
The colleges
198(2)
Studying medicine at Oxbridge
200(2)
The Oxbridge interview
202(2)
Inside the Oxbridge interview
204(2)
11 Graduate entry medicine
206(12)
Introducing graduate medicine
208(2)
The academic requirements
210(2)
Making the most of your time
212(2)
Work experience
214(2)
Choosing a graduate entry course
216(2)
12 Graduate entry medical schools
218(26)
Understanding the profiles
220(4)
England
Birmingham
224(1)
Bristol
225(1)
Cambridge
226(1)
Keele
227(1)
Leicester
228(1)
Liverpool
229(1)
London - Barts and The London
230(1)
London - Imperial College
231(1)
London - King's College
232(1)
London - St George's
233(1)
Newcastle
234(1)
Nottingham (Derby)
235(1)
Oxford
236(1)
Southampton
237(1)
Warwick
238(4)
Wales
Swansea
242(2)
13 Non-traditional applications
244(8)
Non-traditional qualifications
246(2)
Non-traditional backgrounds
248(2)
Fitness to practise
250(2)
14 How to succeed at interview
252(18)
The medical school interview
254(2)
Preparing for the interview
256(2)
Predictable questions
258(2)
Ethical principles
260(2)
A few ethical dilemmas
262(2)
Ethics in modern healthcare
264(2)
Science in the medical interview
266(2)
Useful things to look up
268(2)
15 If things don't work out
270(8)
If you don't win an offer
272(2)
If you miss your offer
274(2)
If things still aren't working out
276(2)
16 Making the most of medical school
278(16)
So you're going to be a doctor...
280(2)
Starting university
282(2)
Learning at university
284(4)
Living at university
288(2)
A day in the life of a student doctor
290(2)
The importance of early career decisions
292(2)
17 Appendix
294(30)
UKCAT section 1 questions
296(2)
UKCAT section 2 questions
298(4)
UKCAT section 3 questions
302(2)
UKCAT section 4 questions
304(2)
UKCAT section 5 questions
306(3)
UKCAT answers and explanations
309(5)
BMAT section 1 questions
314(2)
BMAT section 2 questions
316(2)
BMAT section 3 questions
318(1)
BMAT answers and explanations
319(5)
18 Useful resources
324(7)
Thinking about medicine
326(2)
Application resources
328(3)
Index 331